Ultrastructure and organization of the cytoskeleton Oxymonas, an intestinal flagellate of termites

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 305-313

  Brugerolle, Guy ^a   König, Helmut ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amitochondrial anaerobic flagellates; Crystalline axostyle; Microfilaments; Microtublules; Protozoa; Systematics

Indexed keywords

ISOPTERA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); OXYMONADIDA; OXYMONAS; PROTOZOA; PYRSONYMPHA; STREBLOMASTIX;

EID: 1842338025     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1997.tb05671.x     Document Type: Article

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